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    • Little Sorbulak. Almaty oblast.

    2017-07-21| Askar Isabekov
    duration 7.30-17.00
    weather солнечно
    rout объезд вокруг 1-го, 2-го и 3-го водохранилищ Малого Сорбулака
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    notes

    # species number comment
    1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)20
    2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)5
    3Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)45
    4Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)500
    5Great White Egret (Egretta alba)8
    6Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)5
    7Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)250
    8Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)3
    9Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)15
    10Gadwall (Anas strepera)10
    11Garganey (Anas querquedula)30
    12Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)10
    13Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)10
    14Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)2
    15Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)7
    16White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)5
    17Black Kite (Milvus migrans)5
    18Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)1
    19Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2
    20Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)1
    21Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)2молодые
    22Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)4
    23Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1
    24Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)5
    25Common Coot (Fulica atra)15
    26Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)20
    27Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)2
    28Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)10
    29Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)70
    30Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)60
    31Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)2
    32Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)3
    33Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)5
    34Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)15
    35Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)7
    36Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)15
    37Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)5
    38Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)10
    39Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)10
    40Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)3
    41Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)30
    42Little Stint (Calidris minuta)50
    43Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)50
    44Dunlin (Calidris alpina)5
    45Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)5
    46Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)10
    47Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)150
    48Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)15
    49Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)30
    50Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)10
    51Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)1
    52Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)3
    53Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)15
    54Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)4
    55Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)3
    56Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)8
    57European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)2
    58Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1
    59Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)5
    60Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)130
    61Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)1
    62Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)5
    63Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)50
    64Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)100
    65Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)10
    66Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)2
    67Rook (Corvus frugilegus)500
    68Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)5
    69Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)5
    70House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)5
    71Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)5

    authors

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    Abdikhalyk Sanzhar
    Amirekul Kudaibergen
    Andryuchshenko Artem
    Antonov Mikhail
    Ayé Raffael
    Barashkova Anna
    Baskakova Svetlana
    Bastaev Vasilii
    Bell Darren
    Belyaev Alexandr
    Disero Tim
    Isabekov Askar
    Ishchenko Ilia
    Ishkov Leonid
    Iskak Indira
    Ivanova Maria
    Kanunnikov Nikita
    Khristinetsky Daniil
    Kovalenko Andrey
    Kurochkin Alexey
    Lukin Genady
    Malyshkin Igor
    Molino Felix
    Naizagarin Aidar
    Ongarbayev Nurlan
    Rage Vitaliy
    Saparbayev Aldiyar
    Yasko Anna
    Zvyaginceva Viktoriya

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